All By Myself
Throughout life, loneliness is represented everywhere. It is especially represented in John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. In Of Mice and Men, all of the men at the ranch are lonely. All of them talk about how they don't ever see two men travel together, that the men just come and go.
"I ain't got no people," George said. "I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone" (Steinbeck 41).
This quote from Of Mice and Men does a very nice job at showing the loneliness portrayed by George. Although George has Lennie with him throughout the whole story, George is still very lonely because of Lennie's immaturity. He sometimes wishes that Lennie was not with him so he can go and live his own life. All of the men in the book talk about how all they ever see is men come in and out of the ranch going on their way. They do not understand why George and Lennie stick with each other because no one ever does that. They all always travel alone.
Critic Michael W. Shurgot elaborates on George's feeling of loneliness by stating that, "George's sense of the loneliness and rootlessness of ranch-hands is echoed several times in the novel" (Shurgot 363). This proves that George truly is lonely but he cannot afford to desert Lennie because of Lennie's condition.
All in all Lennie is truly dependent on George but George needs a companion he can relate to. However, such a companion is hard to find with their lack of a permanent or steady job and home. And in the end, one can see how truly alone George is after the catrastophy that occurs.
"I ain't got no people," George said. "I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone" (Steinbeck 41).
This quote from Of Mice and Men does a very nice job at showing the loneliness portrayed by George. Although George has Lennie with him throughout the whole story, George is still very lonely because of Lennie's immaturity. He sometimes wishes that Lennie was not with him so he can go and live his own life. All of the men in the book talk about how all they ever see is men come in and out of the ranch going on their way. They do not understand why George and Lennie stick with each other because no one ever does that. They all always travel alone.
Critic Michael W. Shurgot elaborates on George's feeling of loneliness by stating that, "George's sense of the loneliness and rootlessness of ranch-hands is echoed several times in the novel" (Shurgot 363). This proves that George truly is lonely but he cannot afford to desert Lennie because of Lennie's condition.
All in all Lennie is truly dependent on George but George needs a companion he can relate to. However, such a companion is hard to find with their lack of a permanent or steady job and home. And in the end, one can see how truly alone George is after the catrastophy that occurs.